Courthouse-Seminary Neighborhood Historic District

Courthouse-Seminary Neighborhood Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Lorimier south of Merriwether in Cape Girardeau, April 2013
Location	Roughly bounded by Middle, Themis, Main, Aquamsi, and Morgan Oak Streets, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates	37°18′05″N 89°31′17″W / 37.30139°N 89.52139°WCoordinates: 37°18′05″N 89°31′17″W / 37.30139°N 89.52139°W
Area	60 acres (24 ha)
Built	1848-1948
Architect	Gerhart, J. W.
Architectural style	Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Craftsman, Art Deco
NRHP Reference #	10000723[1]
Added to NRHP	September 9, 2010

Courthouse-Seminary Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 121 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in a predominantly residential section of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1848 and 1948, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Late Gothic Revival, American Craftsman, and Art Deco style architecture. The district contains 1 1/2 and 2 1/2-story brick single-family homes, with multi family homes and a few commercial buildings dispersed throughout. Located in the district is the separately listed Robert Felix and Elma Taylor Wichterich House, William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House, Huhn-Harrison House, B'Nai Isreal Synogogue, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, August and Amalia Shivelbine House, Glenn House, House at 323 Themis Street, and George Boardman Clark House, .^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/07/10 through 9/10/10. National Park Service. 2010-09-17.
2. Julie Ann LaMouria (December 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Courthouse-Seminary Neighborhood Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.